Microsoft today announced it will be replacing its enterprise-focused instant messaging app Lync with a new Skype for Business tool. The company is promising Skype for Business will remain an Office ...

Microsoft has announced that enterprise CAL (client access licenses) for Lync Server will cost $107, a price cut of $32 per user over the previous version of Microsoft’s communications software.

Microsoft is at it again, preparing to roll out new versions of its suite of business servers. Last week, I detailed eight great new features in the forthcoming Exchange 2013. This week, I turn my ...

Microsoft Lync, which is available in a trial download to anyone and will be available to business customers on Dec. 1 in 38 languages and 150 countries, weaves together enterprise VoIP, instant ...

…Fortunately for businesses, there is. Microsoft Lync is Microsoft’s server platform for unified communications and it an easy-to-use but powerful tool. All told, it is the future of communication for ...

Lab testers see significant improvements in quality and feature/function. Testing lab partner Miercom recently conducted testing on the just released Microsoft Lync Server 2010 unified communications ...

The survey, fielded by Osterman Research, found that 30 percent of respondents plan to deploy what is now called Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Lync Server 2010 within a year of its release near the end of ...

An in-depth look at the ins and outs of Lync licensing, how it fits into Microsoft's strategy, and how it fit into your enterprise's existing infrastructure. Microsoft Lync shook up the unified ...

Previous versions of Microsoft’s IP PBX were called Office Communications Server (OCS), but with the new Office 2010 version, the company came up with the new name of name Lync. Trial versions of Lync ...

Microsoft has released a nearly completed preview version of its next-generation communications server and associated software, which the company has collectively renamed as Lync. This release ...